Virginia DHCD & CEG - Thu December 29, 2022
Virginia Awards $24.7M in Industrial Revitalization Funds to 20 Statewide Projects
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced more than $24.7 million in Industrial Revitalization Fund (IRF) grants to 20 projects statewide on Dec. 27. Fifteen of the grants will go toward providing gap financing for construction projects in the southernmost third of Virginia and are designed to be aligned with local and regional economic development strategies, primarily in distressed communities....
VDOT - Tue December 20, 2022
VDOT Announces First Segment of I-64 Widening Project Advances
Virginia Secretary of Transportation Shep Miller announced that the Commonwealth is advancing a long-awaited project to begin widening the 64 Gap — the 29-mi. section of Interstate 64 between Richmond and Williamsburg where the highway narrows from three to two lanes in each direction....
Virginia Department of Transportation - Thu December 01, 2022
VDOT Announces Resilience Plan to Provide Sustainable Future for Transportation Projects, Infrastructure
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has unveiled a statewide Resilience Plan — a comprehensive, formalized framework to incorporate resilience strategies into transportation planning, project development and delivery, operations, maintenance and asset management....
Bomag - Wed November 09, 2022
BOMAG Americas Signs All Roads Equipment as Specialty Equipment Distributor of Virginia
BOMAG Americas has signed All Roads Equipment as a new dealer for its specialty equipment lines, covering all counties in Virginia. Under the new collaboration agreement, All Roads Equipment, a division of All Roads, will provide contractors in the region with sales, service and parts support for BOMAG's extensive landfill and embankment compactor, cold planer, and recycler and stabilizer equipment lines....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu October 27, 2022
Excavation Near Virginia's U.S. 58 to Pave Way for Safer Traffic
U.S. 58 in southwestern Virginia carries traffic through picturesque scenery, like Jefferson National Forest and topping Lover's Leap Mountain. Although the scenery can be impressive, the curving two-lane roads with steep downhills can test motorists' patience and nerves and is problematic for truckers....
Motleys Industrial - Thu October 27, 2022
Motleys Industrial Hosts Successful Richmond, Va., Auction
Motleys Industrial held another successful heavy construction equipment and truck auction on Oct. 11 at its headquarters in Richmond, Va. The sale had more than 1,100 participating bidders from 48 states, including Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., and international bidders from locations including the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East and Asia....
University of Virginia - Thu October 13, 2022
University of Virginia Kicks Off $130.5M Hotel/Conference Center Building Effort
Officials from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville broke ground Oct. 6 for a $130.5 million hotel and conference center to be built in UVA's Emmet-Ivy entrance corridor. Once complete, both the hotel and conference center, as well as the under-construction School of Data Science, will anchor the nearly 15-acre parcel that will serve as a central point to UVA's University Grounds, the college announced via its online news site....
Virginia Tech - Mon October 10, 2022
Virginia Tech's Dietrick Hall Renovations to Build Campus Community
The aim of renovating Virginia Tech's Dietrick Hall, and the adjacent Quillen Spirit Plaza, is to make the hub of residential activity on the Blacksburg campus an even more connected, inclusive and convivial community space when both projects open to students in the spring of 2023....
Eric Olson - CEG CONTRIBUTING EDITOR - Thu September 29, 2022
Mauldin Helps Va.'s Racey Paving Keep Up With Workload
Brannon Racey is a young man working as superintendent at his family's paving company in the lush Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. He also is preparing to one day soon assume the mantle of company owner from his father, Wayne, who has trained the younger Racey for the job since he could first walk....
Bluefield Daily Telegraph & Cardinal News - Tue September 27, 2022
Two States Progressing on Construction of Coalfields Expressway
Heavy equipment arrived in McDowell County, W. Va., in late September at the construction site for a portion of the long-awaited Coalfields Expressway, a four-lane highway running through the rugged mountains of southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia....
